Character portrait of left profile of actress Rachel Booth, wearing a white bonnet and polka-dot dress. Rachel Booth (1862-1955) married actor James T. Powers (1862-1943) in 1892, so this portrait must pre-date her marriage. An inscription on...

Full-length character portrait of actress Rachel Booth (1862-1955) standing on a stage set of an elegant home, wearing a white bonnet and polka-dot dress and holding a wringer and iron as if in the process of doing laundry. Booth married actor...

Full-length character portrait of actress Rachel Booth (1862-1955) standing on a tree stump in front of a set backdrop of an outdoor scene, wearing a white bonnet and polka-dot dress. Booth married actor James T. Powers (1862-1943) in 1892. Her...

Full-length portrait of dancer Consuelo de La Bruyere in elegant ballet costume and pose. She likely performed with the Kirafly Brothers' Company in "The Ratcatcher, or the Pied Piper of Hamelin" at Macauley's Theatre in April 1886. Autograph on...

Portrait of hotelier Louis Seelbach seated in a wooden chair, wearing a jacket, white vest with pocket watch fob, tie with stickpin, and mustache. Born in Rhenish, Bavaria, Germany on April 12, 1852, Louis emigrated to the United States in 1869,...

The biography, 'Auditor of an Empire', is ready for publication. Its author is Elizabeth J. Tremain who has also designed this quilt block assisted by her daughters, Vestey Leising and Mona Grabher, all formerly of Superior, Nebraska, U.S.A. Design...